Urban ecology in China: Historical developments and future directions

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 125, Issue , 2014, Pages 222-233

  Wu, Jianguo ^a,b   Wei Ning Xiang, ^c,d   Zhao, Jingzhu ^e  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; Ecology in cities; Ecology of cities; Urban ecology; Urban sustainability; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; LAND USE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA; CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS; FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS; URBAN ECOLOGY; URBAN SUSTAINABILITY; URBANIZATION;

URBAN GROWTH;

ECONOMIC REFORM; FUTURE PROSPECT; HISTORICAL RECORD; LAND USE PLANNING; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 84899054041     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.02.010     Document Type: Article

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